Antonia Dolores Araiza, 44, was last heard from in November 1983 while living in Watsonville, California. Her family’s last in-person contact was in Ajo, Arizona in 1974, but she continued to keep in touch by phone. In the final known conversation she told family she could not return home while her mother was gravely ill; she was reportedly in Watsonville at that time and then vanished from the family’s view.

There is one later documented contact with authorities: Araiza had an interaction with law enforcement in Stockton, California on July 4, 1985. That is the last confirmed sighting. She had a scar on her cheek and forearm and was known to use several aliases. Watsonville and Stockton police continue to list the case as open and investigators ask anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Antonia Araiza, her whereabouts after 1985, or remembered seeing her in Watsonville or Stockton, what can you share?